docs: def _connectToAPI(self):
          """
              :return: A tweepy.API object that performs the queries
          """
          #authorize twitter, initialize tweepy
          auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(self.consumer_key, self.consumer_secret)
          auth.set_access_token(self.access_key, self.access_secret)
          api = tweepy.API(auth)
          return api